Success!!!

Luke and I purchased our first couch yesterday. I'm oh so excited! I've been scouring the local stores for a week or three, and online for months now. I've decided that I just can't buy a couch online...I need to sit in it, and see it in person. When I checked out our couch online after visiting it in the store; I was so shocked to notice how different the colors and fabric looked online.

With our current lifestyle of moving all of the time we had very specific request and items we were looking for in a couch.
1. We wanted a sectional (but it had to break down into at least three pieces...in order for it to fit into any room we may come upon, we also wanted to be able to take a single piece and place it in a bedroom as a chair if we needed the couch to be smaller, so we liked the idea of a raised sectional so that additional piece didn't look like an extra piece of a couch, but more like a chair).
2. We wanted it to have extra features like a sleeper or recliner (but turns out you can't have number one while also getting number two... due to the raised part--so we choose number 1).
3. We needed a very neutral color (we never know what flooring or wall colors the next house will hold)
4. This should probably be number one, but we wanted it to be really comfy with deep seats (but not so deep it swallows you up, and you find it hard to get out of).

So without further adieu...

This is the floor model, but the factory is shipping us the same color

A little closer look

What the same color looks like on the internet--it's also missing the single piece.

So...I do realize you probably think we are CRAZY to buy a couch this light, and Luke and I said no way at first too. But Lazy Boy told us about this product that coats each thread within the fabric to protect it. If we ever spill anything that we can't get out...we call this 800 number and they send someone to get the stain out (free of charge). If that person cannot get the stain out...they give us a full refund of our money. So...only with a warranty like that would I agree to this color. It's actually a lot more khaki than it appears in these photos. The warranty also covers any tears or cuts, etc...
The cute pillows come with the couch too.

Finally I must mention that Luke also got something yesterday! He now owns his own man chair! A Lazy Boy recliner.

I'm not sure if this is the exact chair, but it looks similar to this one!!

Cheers to being grown ups and buying furniture.

This and That

Wedding season is going strong! Our weekends have consisted of weddings, while our weekdays are packed with work and couch hunting! 

I'm not going into major details about the wedding weekends (since they could each justify an entire BIG blog). I'll just post mainly pics and tell you they were both lovely!! The first wedding was in Chattanooga and the second in Nashville.

The beautiful bride Lindsey with Luke and Scott (aka: Awesome Auburn Water Skiers)

I loved the flowers so much I took some home!

Scott and Mallory are Auburn friends we hooked up with to play frisbee golf Saturday morning. I've never in my  life seen so much poison ivy in one place. Luckily...nobody carried it home with them.


In sad news...on our way home from Chatanooga I wanted to stop and grab a bite to each for lunch. We came upon the Ringold exit between ATL and Chattanooga and thought it had what we were looking for. Come to find out...the entire Ringold exit had been whipped of the map with the same tornado that hit Tuscaloosa. Luke and I drove around a bit with our jaws on the floor. The destruction was unthinkable and so sad to see. Please don't forget that the victims and families still need prayers their way. Here are two pictures we took of what was the exit.

I know this isn't a family home, but it shows the magnitude well!

Nothing but rubble in every direction.

Now to finish with happy news! The Nashville wedding of Matt and Shannon.

Matt the groom in middle

The lovely bride Shannon

Scott and Mallory attended this wedding too! Watch out for our awesome dance moves!

Luke and some of his best buds

Oh...and I hope to finally purchase a couch tonight!!! I've been looking for a while now, and hope tonight we'll pull the purchase trigger. I'll post pics tomorrow if it's a go. FINGERS CROSSED!

A Day In The Country

This weekend we joined friends for A DAY IN THE COUNTRY. It's a concert that comes to town once and year and showcases great country artist. Luke's co-worker lives on the river and pretty close to the event, so we drove down via boat to check it out.
We had a great time, but I guess I didn't realize how country/redneck Augusta can be!!
Maybe growing up I just didn't notice because it was my norm. I attended the Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in High School and thought nothing of it. Funny how you step away and come back to realize a whole new side or look at your hometown. I've had a lot of new looks at my old town, and enjoy the gained perspective. I guess this moving around the country thing really is pretty neat.
As for moving around the country...I will say we've been slated for Newnan, Georgia next. I'm trying not to believe it 100%, but let's just say I have already made my list of homes to tour in the area when we visit.
This weekend starts wedding crazy for us, so I'll have lots of blog pics to come.
 Happy Cinco De Mayo!!